Manama, Bahrain, December 10, 2015: Bahrain’s national weightlifting team returned to the Kingdom on Wednesday after winning 19 medals at the GCC Weightlifting Championship for Juniors and Youth in Doha.

The delegation was welcomed by Bahrain Olympic Committee General Secretary Abdulrahman Askar and other high-ranking sports officials from the Bahrain Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Federation and the BOC.

Bahrain’s haul was comprised of six gold medals for Hamad Khalid (94kg and 105kg), one silver medal for Abdulla Yahya (56kg), three silver medals for Yousef Al Shirawi (85kg) and three bronze medals each for Ahmed Yousef (85kg), Hasan Ali (56kg) and Ebrahim Fadel (105kg).

The team is coached by Abdulreda Abdulla, who said he was very satisfied with the overall performance and results.

The head of the Bahrain delegation, Ali Abdulla Fakhro, was congratulated by Askar, who noted that the results have given high expectations of a bright future for weightlifting in Bahrain.

Bahrain celebrated Olympic Day on Friday, June 12 with more than 1,500 participants flocking to the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir to witness a packed programmer marking this special occasion.